Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0182

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: at top: hazy skies, part of Mt. Diablo; just above center: Suisun Bay Reserve/ Mothball Fleet, Benicia Martinez Bridge, SP Railroad Bridge, City of Martinez, far eastern side of City of Benicia; across the center: hiway 680, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled, administration building and empty hills; below center: graded tank pads, East Second Street; at bottom: airplane wing tip, empty fields and some farm buildings

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 24, 1967